Prove Your Eternal Love. There Shall Be No Heroine Correction. - Re:Introduction

It was a sudden decision.

『From September 15th, unauthorized access to the rooftop is forbidden.』

The sign on the rooftop door refused to let us in. I twisted the knob, but it was securely locked, so I turned to my companions with my right hand on the back of my head.

“Hmmm, our plans have gone awry.”

“That’s too bad. The key to the rooftop was almost always locked away in the first place. It was only this summer that it was left open. I used to skip class on this landing.

“Eh, I didn’t realize that. I thought it was always open.”

I was surprised. What I had thought of as an ordinary day was in fact just a moment cut off by chance, an extraordinary day. I was so amused by this discovery that I giggled.

“Eh, why is Suguru-senpai giggling. It’s scary.”

“If the rooftop is not an option, then sitting on the stairs here is fine with me.”

Aogashima-san’s suggestion was not opposed by anyone.

“Then let’s start with introductions, shall we?”

Kuroiwa, who sat at the far end, peeked over at me at the opposite end. Next to Kuroiwa, Aogashima-san tilted her head seemingly having a question mark on her head.

“Well, we certainly played the same game together, but—”

“I know. Nagisa-chan doesn’t know much about us yet, right?”

Kuroiwa took my line and pointed her index finger at me. Next to me, Nagisa, who was holding a baked pudding, nodded her head. Why was she eating from the dessert first?

“Ah, well, let me start. I am Tokiwa Nagisa, a first-year student. My favorite food is baked pudding! And I’m, umm…Suguru-senpai’s girlfriend.”

“Why do you say that like it’s your job?”

Next to Nagisa, Aogashima giggled quietly.

“Nice to meet you, Tokiwa-san. Do you remember me?”

“Of course she remember. You two were fighting like bees.”

Kuroiwa poked Aogashima on the shoulder. Aogashima turned around and poked Kuroiwa in the forehead to return the favor.

“Not that.

“O-Of course. I’ve been wanting to talk to you like this for a long time. I know it’s a little late. So—please call me Nagisa. Yuno-senpai.”

“I understand. Nagisa.”

Aogashima-san smiled gently, and Nagisa looked very happy with a big smile on her face.

“So, I’m Kuroiwa Aika. I like games. I’m really good at ‘FPF’ and so on. You know what it even is? It’s a minor game counsole that was popular a long time ago—”

“Eh, really? My sister is really good at it. Please come over to my house sometime!”

“Really? Oh, I want to get to know Minagi better!”

Both Nagisa and Kuroiwa were excited by the coincidence, flapping their legs excitedly. Aogashima-san, who was caught in between them, quickly raised her hand.

“I’ll introduce myself, too. My name is Aogashima Yuno. My favorite food is Japanese food in general. I’m Shirase-kun’s ex-girlfriend.”

“No, wait, wait, that’s strange. When did you and I start dating?”

“If you think about it calmly, we were as good as dating during that period of time.”

That was too weird of a theory, but Aogashima-san insisted with her usual expressionless face.

“So Shirase-kun is already a man of the past.”

“…Well, if that’s okay with you.”

“Yeah yeah, you’re a man of the past!’

Kuroiwa held Aogashima-san’s shoulder and stuck her tongue out at me. Aogashima-san joined her, putting her arm around Kuroiwa’s shoulder, and pointed at me.

“This…Aren’t you guys somehow closer than before?”

“Hmm, do you think so? Well, we’re close friends, so this is rather normal.”

Kuroiwa somewhat deliberately denied my point. But Aogashima-san shook her head.

“Y-You’re not my close friend. Aika is…Umm—My only best friend.”

Aogashima-san looked away as if embarrassed, her face turned bright red and she then turned her head down.

“Eh, is it that way?”

“Which way is that?”

“No, Suguru-senpai. I thought those two were getting to know each other like that.”

“N-No way, right, Yuno!? When did we get there!?”

Aogashima-san hurriedly waved her hand to settle the situation.

“That’s…not it. Don’t get me wrong, Nagisa. Aika too.”

We fell silent and looked at each other. Aogashima-san, probably thinking that words were not enough, put her hand on her chest, took a deep breath, and with a willful effort, opened her lips.

“This feeling is not love. It’s not that simple. I can’t define it. The only feeling that is certain is that I want to be with Aika forever.”

“Yeah, I know. That’s true, of course, for me, too.”

People change. There was nothing that does not change. Things that don’t change are fake.

But the desire for eternity was real.

” want to be with Suguru-senpai forever too.”

“Yeah, me too. I want to be with Nagisa forever.”

I realized that it was important for me to tell her that. But surely that was not enough.

There would be many choices in our future, and there would be destinies to overcome. There would be more and more things that would not go as we wish.

Still, if I was with Nagisa. If Nagisa wished for it with me.

We could surely prove our eternal love. I deeply believed so.